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Why am I attracted to women with muscles or athletic builds?

22 hours ago - edited 18 hours ago - permalink

ignore the trolls and the uncurious boring people, i think it's a fascinating question and one well worth asking. i don't know that anyone can give you a better answer than what you can come up with yourself through self-examination, because we know nothing else about you. but i will say that in recent years fitness has exploded as a trend and it could be as simple as you seeing more images of muscular women in the media/social media and an attraction being born of that familiarity. if you don't have the attendant fetishistic qualities of humiliation, degradation, domination, etc... then it's probably not due to early childhood experiences of power/sexuality (which in my opinion is where those fetishistic components come from).

21 hours ago - permalink

There's no point in trying to reason why you like something. It's the same as thing as liking chocolate ice cream or hating chocolate ice cream. You just like it or not, that's the way how your nervious system is wired up. The same applies for the traits that you love or hate in women. Some might say - fit women look healthy, so physiologically they're more prefered to mate with, in order to have healthy chidlren. But that's not true in general, people are attracted to so many different weird things, so there can be no logical reasoning behind it. Just accept it and act or don't act on it.

15 hours ago - permalink

The old adage 'there's no accounting for taste'.....you like what you like!

9 hours ago - permalink

Good question; great answers so far.

Who knows. I don't.

If you believe in evolution theory, like that the VW Passat evolved from the VW Bug over time by pure chance because they share some of the same parts, you could think you prefer girls like yourself. Physically fit, strong for chores around the house, with a flat tummy suggesting "I'm not pregnant at the moment, I'm ready for breeding, and I'm looking too, otherwise I wouldn't hunt for dopamine on social media".

Maybe you just like the personality traits that come with maintaining a fit physique.

Maybe it's the exact opposite, and you'd like some by your side who would complete you and make your relationship a whole. Opposits attract theory and whatnot.

Believing in some kind of intelligent design could suggest the simplest answer: you might have been created and nurtured this way and thankfully there are many options for your likes and preferences in this magnificent creation.

I'd say yours is the greatest. :)

8 hours ago - permalink

I have asked myself the same question for nearly fifty years, and I’m married with kids. My guess is that, like most guys on this forum, you didn’t know anything about your attraction until you saw one. Initially, you probably couldn’t stop gazing at her muscles; then, you couldn’t get your mind off of her. At that point, you probably asked where could you find more. Why do you like them? Because it’s how you are wired. Just like some men like fat women, others like skinny women, some like black women, and others like Asian women. There is no rhyme or reason, and there is nothing wrong with you. Is it a popular attraction to have? No, but it is yours, just like it is for the others on this site.

3 hours ago - permalink

I have a theory that it all could go back to the cave man days and we naturally search for a woman who could be a capable warrior with us defending our tribe. In today's this man's and woman's Army a simular principle would apply. Strong women warriors ultimately make us feel safer.

29 minutes ago - permalink

The question is worded poorly, it should be why are you not attracted to women with muscles? What is there not to like? Even simple actions are interesting to watch, a fit girl with lean and muscular arms simply brushing her hair is interesting, a flabby girl not so much. Girls with muscular legs like to go biking, hiking, skiing which is fun and interesting, the others want to sit and watch TV. Muscles are useful when you have to move furniture or push a car out of a snowbank or help hang a heavy overhead light. Flexing female muscles are beautiful to watch and feel wonderful to touch. There's hundreds of videos on this site of people rushing to touch and feel beautiful muscles being flexed, people can't keep their hands off of the muscle. Simply watching a girl with muscular calves walk is a treat. What is there not to like?

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